​Nick Braker

Nick Braker graduated with a BS in computing science from the University of Evansville before launching a career in computer programming, engineering, and management. Married and a father of two, Braker is also an avid table tennis player and role playing gamer.

Essence Chronicles

Essence - Septima

Space Opera

​Troy, with his irrational fears, is the least likely person to lead a war. But that doesn't mean he can escape his destiny.

A trip to New Orleans turns into something much larger when aliens called the Pirans kidnap him and his friends. A perfect doppelganger for their dead general Tohmas, Troy is thrust into the front lines of battle against Reptauran invaders. Now, the Pirans must convince their people that Tohmas rose from the dead to lead them to victory.

As it turns out, the Pirans aren’t totally wrong. Tohmas isn't quite gone—and his lingering essence has found Troy a suitable host. Troy must fight with everything he's got to save both Pira and the Earth, the Reptaurans' next likely target. As he struggles to maintain control of his own destiny, Troy knows that no matter the outcome, his life will never be the same.

Explore the mind of this unlikely hero in Essence, the first book in a new sci-fi series by Nick Braker, a coming-of-age tale full of adventure and steamy encounters.

Essence: Alta (Volume 2)

Space Opera

Troy is no longer himself. Kidnapped by the aliens known as Pirans, infected with the essence of the dead General Tohmas, Troy grasps at his only hope of survival. He merges his soul with the alien parasite trying to possess him, leaving him forever changed—and not entirely for the worse. Once plagued by crippling phobias, Troy is now fearless, willing to fight his enemies with his bare hands.

But with this new strength also comes a new weakness: women. Tohmas was notorious for his insatiable desires, and Troy finds himself constantly resisting temptation—especially the gorgeous, manipulative Alta. Although Alta has convinced the Pirans she’s helping them prepare to battle the murderous Reptaurens, she’s actually meticulously planning to steal their ultimate power source and then abandon them to their fate.

Alta won’t hesitate to kill anyone in her way, and her deep love for Tohmas is Troy’s only advantage. He convinces Alta that Tohmas has taken full control of his being and thus keeps her trust and his life.​While Alta schemes, Troy covertly struggles to save the Pirans and prevent the Reptaurens from invading Earth—but first he must wrest back control of his own soul.

Essence - Amber

Romance, Erotica, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Alta is more diabolical than ever! She wants the Reptauran leader's spaceship to make her escape and she'll stop at nothing to get it, even if it means murdering everyone on Pira and Earth. With her new essence parasite in control of Troy, she has the means to enforce her will on the benevolent people of Pira.

Troy tries to save them as he struggles against Alta's mind-altering control over him. If he fails, Pira and Earth are doomed. With the dead general, Tohmas, now completely a part of him, Troy possesses supernatural abilities to fight the Reptauran invasion but only under Alta's direction.

In this steamy, action-packed conclusion to the Essence series, Troy must free himself from Alta's maniacal control if he is to save Pira, Earth-and himself.

Galactic Satori Chronicles

Galactic Satori Chronicles - Earth

Space Opera

A thirst for revenge sends one man on a deadly journey through the galaxy in the adrenaline-pumping new novel Galactic Satori Chronicles.

Written by Nick Braker and Paul E. Hicks, this raucous sci-fi adventure introduces Asher, a young man whose world is turned upside down when he discovers that his fiancée's death has been directly caused by an imminent alien invasion.

In a desire to better understand humans in order to destroy them, these aliens are projecting their consciousnesses onto unsuspecting men and women—and in the process, are learning exactly how to use humanity's own selfishness and greed as weapons against them.

Fueled by emotions that the aliens will never understand, Asher bands together with a group of friends. These four MIT coeds are more than meets the eye and go to battle with those who are intent on destroying our planet.

Asher takes the fight from Earth to an alien spaceship and back again—a fight that will either save the planet…or doom it.

The first installment in an upcoming series, Galactic Satori Chronicles is an engrossing look at the manipulation of time, mental projection, futuristic technology…and, of course, aliens.

Galactic Satori Chronicles - Kron

Space Opera

In the first installment of the Galactic Satori Chronicles, Asher Carson lost his fiancée to an alien attack. He and his friends channeled his anger and grief into the ultimate weapon against alien technology. Human emotions were the one thing the Kron didn’t account for when they started their attack on Earth.

In the time after his initial adventure, Asher, now known as Magnus, has been working to stop the next Kron attack in Nicaragua. Magnus stops the attack in time but pays dearly for his troubles. He and his team are shot through space to the aliens’ home world of Kron. There, Magnus meets with the alien queen, Katerra. Katerra reveals shocking information about the Kron’s war against Earth, and Magnus will have to make a decision that could have devastating consequences for more than one planet.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Magnus’s allies are desperate to get him back. Mira, Zarabeythe, Josephina, and Jules—four MIT coeds biologically enhanced with alien technology—enact a daring plan to destroy the Kron threat once and for all. Their actions, however, could also mean the end for Magnus and his team.